Yes. I think only 'Vanquish the foe' is in question here. Clyde had a long life!

Aug 2, 2021
9:53:59pm

BYUDM93 Walk-on

I can't believe I didn't learn that he was still alive in Winter 1989 as a freshman pledging for Kappa Kappa Psi. We had to learn quite a bit of BYU band / music department history.

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I didn’t know until yesterday that our fight song copied lyrics from a church

idacoug

8/2/21 7:55am

Or...did the hymn copy the Fight Song? We will never know.

BYU28_Miami21

8/2/21 10:19am

And now there is no way to ever find out. It will always be one of the mysteries

'92Coug

8/2/21 10:22am

it's not a mystery at all.

rockyrd

8/2/21 2:24pm

Hope of Israel was penned in the late 1800's. Cougar Song was written sometime

BYUDM93

8/2/21 1:54pm

I knew the man who wrote the fight song when I was at BYU in the 60s.

rockyrd

8/2/21 2:24pm

Yes. I think only 'Vanquish the foe' is in question here. Clyde had a long life!

BYUDM93

8/2/21 9:53pm

Looks like it was 1932

BYUDM93

8/2/21 9:58pm

when i was a kid i thought it used to talk about Alma, because i had no idea

SFarkus

8/2/21 10:46am

Totally thought this too

Cougs or die

8/2/21 3:00pm

RE: I didn’t know until yesterday that our fight song copied lyrics from a

nevercoug

8/2/21 11:09am

“Hey, guys. You know what would be really cool? . . . “

AZcougLawyer

8/2/21 11:30am

"How about embarrassing some of our most popular performers and ruining

d-coug

8/2/21 12:12pm

Thx I will now have to stand and roll my arms in church when singing that song

baldcoug74

8/2/21 4:16pm

No problem here. I friggin' love that hymn.

BleedCougarBlue2

8/2/21 5:36pm

Sandgren's 'Rise and Shout' lost out in a student voting for a fight song in

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